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Townsend Correspondence 1849

Townsend

To Dr John Townsend on
Mr Moses Schallenberger
San Francisco California
To the PM of the above persons are
not in francisco please forward to
Sutters Fort
Tippecanue Ohio
March 19-1849
By view New York
To San Francisco by vill
of New York
Tippecanue March 16-1849 Ohio
After my respects to you I would inform you
we are all well at present and hope you and yours
enjoy the same. I have not heard from you
since you left Missouri until recently, I saw
your name in a paper as a delegate, at a
publick meeting in san Francisco.it gave
me great pleasure to hear from you (or if
not Dr. Jo Townsend of Jamison Co. Ohio a man of
the same name) If my scribbling should wake
up the wrong passenger I hope you will excuse
me and if not too busy in washing out the root
of all Evil will confer a favor by returning
me an answer. ? is about what it was
when you left with ague as plenty as gold
on the Sacramento. The mill belongs to Wm Boyce
formerly of Westchester. The gold fever is raging
here to a great extent Companies are going
from all quarters. ? has raised a company
of 5 men that intend leaving by the first
of April, overland rout They are John Graham
A Taggart Jas B. Jenkins Nathaniel Jenkins
and Jacob Cox. I had intended to have went
but could not arrange by business so as
to leave. but if the prospect still remains

To Dr John Townsend on
Mr Moses Schallenberger
San Francisco California
To the PM of the above persons are
not in francisco please forward to
Sutters Fort
Tippecanue Ohio
March 19-1849
By view New York
To San Francisco by vill
of New York
Tippecanue March 16-1849 Ohio
After my respects to you I would inform you
we are all well at present and hope you and yours
enjoy the same. I have not heard from you
since you left Missouri until recently, I saw
your name in a paper as a delegate, at a
publick meeting in san Francisco.it gave
me great pleasure to hear from you (or if
not Dr. Jo Townsend of Jamison Co. Ohio a man of
the same name) If my scribbling should wake
up the wrong passenger I hope you will excuse
me and if not too busy in washing out the root
of all Evil will confer a favor by returning
me an answer. ? is about what it was
when you left with ague as plenty as gold
on the Sacramento. The mill belongs to Wm Boyce
formerly of Westchester. The gold fever is raging
here to a great extent Companies are going
from all quarters. ? has raised a company
of 5 men that intend leaving by the first
of April, overland rout They are John Graham
A Taggart Jas B. Jenkins Nathaniel Jenkins
and Jacob Cox. I had intended to have went
but could not arrange by business so as
to leave. but if the prospect still remains